Book-cover.



NQQ 737,969. PATENTED SEPT. 1, 1903.

B. E. SOHRBNK,

BOOK COVER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12, 1903. 7

N0 MODEL.

Y UNITED STATES Patented September 1, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

BOOK-COVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 737,969, datedSeptember 1, 1903.

Application filed June 12,1903. Serial No. 161,176. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BARBARA E. SCHRENK, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented new and useful Improvements in Book-Covers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention consists of a book-cover which I denominate a slip-cover,the same being adapted to be readily applied to and removed from thecovers of a book, the construction of the same being hereinafter setforth.

It also consists in providing a cover of the character stated'fwithmeans for holding a marker, pencil-carrier, &c., therein.

Figure 1 represents a perspective View of a book-cover embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 represents a perspective View showing the cover inposition on a book. Fig. 3 represents a rear view of the cover inposition. Fig. i represents a section on linear :0, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a book-cover composed of thepockets B and 0, adapted to receive the covers of a book, and the backD, which connects said pockets and is adapted to rest against the backof the book. In practice said parts B, G, and D are formed of acontinuous piece of fabric or material, properly shaped, producing theexterior walls E E and interior walls F F of said pockets 1% C onopposite sides of said back D, said walls being united along the linesof stitches G G so as to close the tops, bottoms, and outer sides ofsaid pockets, leaving the inner sides H open, so that when the covers ofthe books are pressed rearwardly or otherwise properlymanipulated theymay be presented to the open sides 11 of the pockets, and so pushed orslipped into the latter, whereby both the outside and inside of saidcovers may be fully enveloped by said pockets, thus preserving the bookand serving to keep both faces of each of its covers and the exteriorsof its back clean, with other advantages resulting i'rom the use of thearticle. hen removal of the cover is desired, the

pockets may be readily slipped from the book, leaving the cover intactfor further and repeated use.

The back D has a piece of material attached thereto extending in thelongitudinal direction of said back and partly separated therefrom, thuschanneling said back. A line K of stitches is then passed through thetwo thicknesses of material producing separate channels or compartmentsJ, into each of which is placed a book-marker, pencil-carrier, &c., asat L, it being noticed that in the present case the markers or carriersare composed of a doubled piece of ribbon or other material, eachlength-of which occupies one of said pockets, the bend M of said piecebeing adapted to be drawn against and engage the adjacent end of thestitch-line K as a stop, whereby the markers, &c., cannot be withdrawnor improperly displaced while the portion of the markers, &c., outsideof the channels are introduced between and occupy the leaves of thebook, said markers, 850., being readily removable when so required byproperly pulling. them through and from the channels.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A slip book-cover formed of pockets to receive the cover of a bookand a back connecting said pockets, said back having a channel thereinadapted to receive a bookmarker, &c.

2. A slip book-cover of the character stated formed of pockets toreceive the coverof a book, and a back connecting said pockets, saidback having a channel therein adapted to receive a book-marker, (to.

3. A slip book-cover consisting of pockets and a back uniting the same,said pockets being composed of exterior and interior Walls which areclosed at top, bottom and outer sides and open at their inner sides,said parts being formed of a continuous piece of material and asupplemental piece connected with said back forming a channel adapted toreceive a book-marker, &7C.

4. A slip book-cover formed of pockets to b 0k-1narker,&c., the end ofsaid stitches receive the cover of a book, a back connectacting as astop for the bend of said lengths. ing said pockets, a piece connectedwith said i i 7 back forming a channel therewith and a line BARBARASOHRENIX' 5 of stitches intermediate of the sides thereof Witnesses:

forming a plurality of channels in said back JOHN A. \VIEDERSHEIM,adapted to receive different lengths of a S. R. CARR.

